Hinge covers

ABSTRACT

A new and improved adhesive cover is disclosed that temporarily sticks to a door hinge or other hinge for protection while working, painting, or other related activities. The adhesive cover is designed to be an improvement over the traditional method currently used, which is to affix several pieces of masking tape over a door hinge until the entire hinge would be sufficiently covered. The adhesive cover is designed to be firmly affixed to a door hinge, while being capable of being easily removed by a user once the use of the present invention is no longer needed. The present invention is designed to increase protection and speed to make painting, varnishing, staining, or other similar activity easier and faster.

I. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention is that of a new and improved adhesivecover that temporarily sticks to a door hinge or other hinge forprotection while working, painting, or other related activities.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

[0002] U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,120, issued to Bindschatel et al., disclosesa pre-stamped half-hinge adherent cover designed to thoroughly protectall exposed surfaces of a half-hinge attached within the hinge recess ofa door or jamb during the operation of coating.

[0003] U.S. Pat. No. 5,056,191, issued to Love, discloses a paint maskfor a butt hinge and a masking method for protecting the hinge againstpaint spray or the like.

[0004] U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,330, issued to Ziegler, discloses a hingemask product which consists of two substantially rectangular parts, withone of the parts having a tab for removal of this one part.

III. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The present invention is that of a new and improved adhesivecover that temporarily sticks to a door hinge or other hinge forprotection while working, painting, or other related activities. Thepresent invention is designed to be an improvement over the traditionalmethod currently used, which is to affix several pieces of masking tapeover a door hinge until the entire hinge would be sufficiently covered.The present invention is designed to be firmly affixed to a door hinge,while being capable of being easily removed by a user once the use ofthe present invention is no longer needed. The present invention isdesigned to increase protection and speed to make painting, varnishing,staining, or other similar activity easier and faster.

[0006] There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of an adhesive cover for protecting hinges in order that thedetailed description thereof that follows may be better understood andin order that the present contribution to the art may be betterappreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the adhesivecover for protecting hinges that will be described hereinafter and whichwill form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

[0007] In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of theadhesive cover for protecting hinges in detail, it is to be understoodthat the adhesive cover for protecting hinges is not limited in itsapplication to the details of construction and to the arrangements ofthe components set forth in the following description or illustrated inthe drawings. The adhesive cover for protecting hinges is capable ofother embodiments and being practiced and carried out in various ways.Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminologyemployed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not beregarded as limiting.

[0008] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that theconception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilizedas a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systemsfor carrying out the several purposes of the present adhesive cover forprotecting hinges. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regardas including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not departfrom the spirit and scope of the present invention.

[0009] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide anadhesive cover for protecting hinges which has all of the advantages ofthe prior art and none of the disadvantages.

[0010] It is another object of the present invention to an adhesivecover for protecting hinges which may be easily and efficientlymanufactured and marketed.

[0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide anadhesive cover for protecting hinges which is of durable and reliableconstruction.

[0012] It is yet another object of the present invention to an adhesivecover for protecting hinges which is economically affordable andavailable for purchase.

[0013] Other objects, features and advantages of the present inventionwill become more readily apparent from the following detaileddescription of the preferred embodiment when considered with theattached drawings and appended claims.

IV. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014]FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a representative model ofa typical door hinge.

[0015]FIG. 2 shows a front perspective view of a representative model ofa typical door hinge substantially covered by the present invention.

[0016]FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a plurality of the presentinvention attached to a roll.

V. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0017] Referring now to FIG. 1, a front perspective view of door hinge 2can be seen. Door hinge 2 is meant to be a representative model of atypical door hinge and is by no means shown to indicate the onlypossible shape of a door hinge that could be used with the presentinvention.

[0018] Door hinge 2 has sections 4 and 6. Sections 4 and 6 each have twosides, an inner side and an outer side, with sections 4 and 6 eachhaving a plurality of cylindrical tubes 5 attached to the entire lengthof their respective inner sides. Each tube 5 would be hollow. The seriesof tubes 5 on the inner side of section 4 and the series of tubes 5 onthe inner side of section 6, when placed together, would be designed toform one single, uninterrupted long hollow tube. Once this occurs, anail or rod 7 would be inserted through the long hollow tube to ensurethat sections 4 and 6 would remain attached to one another.

[0019] Of sections 4 and 6, one of the sections would be fixedly mountedto the inner side of a door frame, while the remaining section ofsections 4 and 6 would be fixedly attached to a door at the same heightas the section fixedly mounted to the inner side of a door frame.

[0020] In FIG. 2, a front perspective view of door hinge 2 can be seenwith hinge cover 10 firmly attached to the front face of door hinge 2.Hinge cover has two sides, an adhesive side 12 and a non-adhesive side14. Hinge cover 10 is designed to be firmly affixed to a door hinge 2,while being capable of being easily removed by a user once the use ofthe hinge cover 10 is no longer needed. Hinge cover 10 would beavailable in a wide variety of sizes.

[0021] In FIG. 3, roll 16 is shown. A plurality of hinge covers 10 wouldpreferably be purchased in a roll 16 similar or identical to the oneportrayed in FIG. 3. Ideally, roll 16 would include twenty hinge covers10, but roll 16 could be designed to include more or less hinge covers,depending on the need of a particular user, and also depending onwhether the product would be purchased for residential, commercial, orindustrial use.

What I claim as my invention is:
 1. An adhesive cover for temporarilycovering a door hinge, the adhesive cover having two sides, a first sideand a second side, the first side having an adhesive substance uniformlyapplied to the first side.
 2. An adhesive cover according to claim 1 ,wherein the adhesive substance uniformly applied to the first side wouldhave sufficient strength and adhesive characteristics to hold theadhesive cover to a surface once the first side of the adhesive coverhad been uniformly applied to the surface, the adhesive cover furtherhaving adhesive characteristics that would allow the first side of theadhesive cover to be uniformly pulled off a surface without tearingafter the first side of the adhesive cover had been placed against thesurface and left against the surface for a period of time.
 3. Anadhesive cover according to claim 1 in combination with a door hinge,the first side of the adhesive cover being applied to the door hinge andbeing contact with the door hinge.